Post-hole auger.



G. -I. ,WILLETT. POST HOLE AUGER. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE10,190 8.

Patented Mar. 16, 1909.

Tdallwhoni it concern:-

GLEN Iii WILLETTHOF; BEE 15 m, sou'rn DAKoTA.

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uo emsalz'i Specification or t I Application filed June :10,

136 it -known that ,1, G'LENII! wmtaii, a citlzen ofjthey-Uriited States, residingat Ree "Heights, in-the county ofHand andiState of South Dakota, have invented, a new-and useful Post-H le Auger; of'whi'ch the" following I is a specification.

post holeauger's.

' The invention r The .ob'ect of the present inventioniis to rove tne constructionofjpost'hole angers, an to provide a simple 'a'n d comparatively g inexpensive post-"hole :augerzof greatfstrengtn: 'and durability, adapted to" easily penetrate J the hardest ground with fcom aratively' little .pressure for diggingholes or fenoeposts",

-. etc., and capable of being readily cleaned of dirt andeas ly sharpened when dull,

: With these-and other obj invention consists in ithe. construction and novel combination of-parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, and ointe'd out 'inthe, claim hereto-1 appended; it eing understood that'iiariou'si I *fpostho-les and holes'to'r other-post's, easily minor details of construction, within the changes'in .-the,, form, proportion, size' and scope of. the claim, may be-resorted to without departing frornthe spirit or-sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention:

In the drawing :-Figure 1 is a-perspective View ofa post hole auger, constructed in ao-' cordance with this invention .Fig. *2-is' a horizontal sectional View, taken substan tially' on the line 2-7-2 of Fig. 1'. Figf3 i's'a detail sectional View, taken substantially 'onthe line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is" anjend .of ,theloweror pointed end oftheaugerg- ,a common center and connected together atk an angle to the fiat body portion and 'eXte'nd ing in the direct ion the rotation of the Like numerals of reference designate corr"e I sponding parts in all the figures Of'thedraW 40- 'n 1- a The post-hole'auger, whichmayb'e of any desired size, is constructed of 'su'itableinetal and is equipped'with a'lf l, iality of straight. v i

d alt-lower portions'bengtapered-fron 'the-lewer- Z :terminalspfithe irertical-portions to thep'oiritg, i

longitudina ly' dispose equidistant ,7 blades 1 extending outwardly radially from the longitudinal agris of the auger and having; tap'ered lower portions 2 to form a ta end or; pointed lower end to the-augen Eac of the lades has its outer longitudinal portion turned to form a cutting'edgeB, arranged at auger "rounded rear facesSV 'TherQunded rear face of thestraight front faceforms' a sharp cutting edge, the cutting portion being cutout elates to improvements in j Tl-"Th6 -an intriorly -.t readed' socket 7 'adapted ti and having flat .frontis'ice's 4 min at the front face. at ano'htuse-angle to the ody ortion of" the ,blade;

ding-alongthe-tapered portions 2 of the eXten rom the lower terminals of t e "vertica orreceive thethreadfed end-"of a stem or" shaft The auger, wh ich is designed-for boring fence ,Eenetrate; the hardest ground and requires fitzlittle pressure to opera teit': The blades,

tend to hold the dirt and are easlly cleaned; -Als0 the-rp augertobe' easily ground or ends-toiorni afpoint'ed auger and composed portion arrangedat an angle-to the -flatbody inthe'prfi enceof'twb witnesses.

*GLENI; WILLETT'. ates-a1;- a

SPEIRs,

j GARDNER! tions'ofthe cutting' edges to the points o the g itsju' per-end 'withthe .u'sual cross bar or handie by means. of which the. auger isjrotaterl v articular construction of the-Fan gularly d sposed cutting edges enables the il-l aifingthus fully describedmy invention,j wliatl claim as new and desire to sec ure bv portion and-having Vertical upper portionsandinc-lined lowenportions,Itheinclined g The cutting: edges extend fromj the-v upper edgesof the blades to the points of the auger, and the up-- or portion ofgthe cutting edges, extending; ongitudinally 'ofthef fbody ortion of-the blades are inclined, as'j ithe lower. inclinedf orti'ons'fi of the cuttinged es are ta 'ered I. (not shown), and designed to be pr-ovided'at 7 which are preferably threein nuinber, don'ot.

g 90. longitudinal blades tapered at their lower f 10f a flat body portion,-and an-outer cutting 

